#A8B317#A8B317

#A8B317 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.160 H 114.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B317
RGB	rgb(168, 179, 23)
HSL	hsl(64, 77%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(64, 87%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 0%, 87.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.91, -20.95, 68.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.91, 71.37, 107.07°)
OKLab	oklab(73.35% -0.0656 0.1461)
OKLCH	oklch(73.35% 0.16 114.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.4243, 40.6276, 6.9443)
Luminance	0.4063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B317 #2217B3

analogous

#B37017 #A8B317 #5AB317

triadic

#A8B317 #17A8B3 #B317A8

tetradic

#A8B317 #17B370 #2217B3 #B3175A

square

#A8B317 #17B370 #2217B3 #B3175A

split-complementary

#A8B317 #175AB3 #7017B3

monochromatic

#424709 #757D10 #A8B317 #D5E324 #E0EA5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#A8B317 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#A8B317 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B317

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B317	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B317	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AA00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AC2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A898

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b317;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 179, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.160 114.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c968',
    500: '#a8b317',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b317;
$custom-light: #c6c968;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b317",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.231,
    "s": 77.228,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73349,
    "c": 0.16015,
    "h": 114.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B317

secondary

#6158CD

accent

#34F442

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#141307

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B317

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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